Chapter Summaries

Baresi examined Angela with the Church’s Eye of God and declared that she had an exceptionally pure soul, inviting her to join the Temple Choir. Angela refused because she was engaged to Sun Fei, leaving Baresi’s discovery and the Church’s interest in her unresolved.

• Angela brought food to Sun Fei and his Church guests, while Baresi stared at her with an unsettling intensity.
• Drogba and Pierce stood up angrily, but Sun Fei stopped them from drawing their swords.
• Baresi asked Angela’s status and whether she had practiced martial techniques or magic; Angela introduced herself as Sun Fei’s fiancée and said she had practiced neither.
• Baresi said the Eye of God had revealed Angela’s pure soul and invited her to join the Temple Choir.
• Angela declined Baresi’s invitation, explaining that she was engaged to Sun Fei and did not wish to become a nun.

Divine Priest Baresi tried to persuade Angela to leave Sun Fei and join the Church, but she refused, and Sun Fei forced the Church party to depart. Afterward, Sun Fei suspected Baresi’s insistence was tied to Angela’s unusual ability to communicate with animals.

• Baresi offered Angela a future as a Church saintess, but she firmly refused and said his words felt threatening.
• Sun Fei used his pressure to make Baresi and the Church knights struggle, then ordered Kaká’s party to leave.
• Kaká apologized to Sun Fei and prepared to depart, while Baresi continued provoking Sun Fei and urging Angela to reconsider.
• Drogba, Pierce, and Oleg wanted to pursue the Church party, but Sun Fei stopped them and forbade anyone from leaving camp or discussing the incident.
• Sun Fei reflected on Baresi’s insistence and wondered whether Angela’s ability to calm animals was the reason the Church wanted her.

After Sun Fei trained his Amazon Warrior and Necromancer in the Diablo World, Kaká warned Baresi not to provoke him while Baresi planned to seize Angela. Their journey was interrupted by an assassin who attacked Baresi, a Moon Class master, and launched a second strike at his heart.

• Sun Fei suspected Angela’s pure soul and other secrets were connected to the Holy Church, then trained his Amazon Warrior and Necromancer in the Diablo World.
• During the journey, Baresi urged Kaká to take Angela to the Holy Mountain and eliminate Sun Fei as a rival, but Kaká refused and called Sun Fei terrifying.
• Baresi declared that he would take Angela for Kaká by whatever means necessary, while Kaká warned him not to provoke Sun Fei.
• An assassin’s divine black shortsword pierced the silver carriage and slashed at Baresi’s throat.
• Baresi unleashed his Holy Power, destroyed the carriage, and scattered the Church knights, but the assassin recovered and thrust the sword toward his heart.

The assassin survived Baresi’s devastating strike and revealed himself as a masterful magic archer, battling the Moon Class divine master with arrows, close-combat techniques, and a legendary barrage. Baresi remained under relentless attack as the knights and priests realized the assassin had not reached Moon Class despite his extraordinary skill.

• Baresi struck the advancing assassin into a hole in the mountainside and ordered the knights to search for his body.
• The assassin fired three arrows from the hole, forcing Baresi to block them with a shield before he sent them flying back.
• The assassin emerged, caught the arrows, and attacked Baresi at close range, then evaded Baresi’s dragon lance and countered with fire magic arrows.
• The assassin landed and fired three arrows that multiplied into thousands, unleashing the legendary One Arrow Turns into Ten Thousand Arrows technique.
• The assassin continued firing volleys that became storms of arrows, forcing Baresi to defend himself in midair.

Baresi’s fight with the mysterious assassin escalated as the assassin’s lightning-charged javelin nearly pierced his heart, revealing that Baresi—not Kaká—was the target. Baresi unleashed a storm of Holy Power lances, but the assassin dodged them with uncanny agility, leaving his fate unresolved.

• The assassin replaced his bow with a javelin and hurled it at Baresi, breaking through his defenses with lightning and tearing his robes before Baresi evaded a fatal wound.
• Baresi realized the assassin had targeted him throughout the battle rather than the Son of God, Kaká, and suspected who might be behind the attack.
• Baresi summoned hundreds of Holy Power lances and demanded that the assassin surrender.
• The assassin created an identical illusion, but Baresi’s indiscriminate lance barrage destroyed it.
• The real assassin danced through the rain of lances, repeatedly dodging them by the narrowest margins.

Baresi’s assault drove the masked assassin into a crater, where Baresi discovered he wielded exceptionally pure Necromantic Magic Power. The necromancer emerged after gravely wounding Baresi, while the Church’s forces raised a Light Barrier to face him.

• Baresi trapped the assassin beneath a rain of flaming dragon lances, forcing him to defend himself with a huge sky-blue shield.
• Baresi descended into the crater and cried out after discovering the assassin’s Necromantic Magic Power, which began corroding his Holy Power.
• Baresi escaped the crater, but a bone spear pierced his chest and left him gravely wounded.
• Kaká ordered the Church’s knights and priests to protect Baresi as the necromancer emerged from the crater.
• The Church’s forces formed a massive Light Barrier while the necromancer stood before them in white bone armor, carrying a purple bone shield and a skull-topped staff.

A necromancer attacked Baresi with a barrage of curses and nearly killed him before retreating through a mysterious blue light. Kaká treated Baresi and discovered that at least nine necromantic curses had weakened him during the fight, while the Church began securing the battlefield and spreading news of the necromancer’s return.

• The necromancer’s bone spears struck the Church’s light barrier while Kaká secretly used Holy Power to stop Baresi from rapidly aging.
• The necromancer declared that Baresi would not live, then retreated through a blue light and vanished.
• Kaká confirmed that the necromancer had left, and the Church members recorded the battle and sent word of Necromantic Magic Power’s return.
• Priests tried to keep Baresi alive, but the necromantic aura in his wound resisted their Holy Power.
• Kaká treated Baresi and found that at least nine curses had weakened his senses, strength, and mind during the fight.

Sun Fei explained how he used a Scroll of Town Portal and several Diablo combat modes to ambush Baresi, though the priest survived the attack. Kaká resolved to hunt down the powerful necromancer, while Sun Fei returned to Chambord's camp before the competition's final matches.

• Kaká realized the necromancer had inherited powerful, nearly lost arts and vowed to find and kill him, then saw that Baresi was close to death.
• Crowds gathered in Saint Petersburg for the Martial Combat Competition's final matches, with Chambord's camp drawing attention because two of its fighters had reached the top seven.
• Sun Fei returned to his tent through a portal, drank a Full Rejuvenation Potion, and entered Diablo to replace the equipment he had used in the assassination.
• Sun Fei revealed that he had killed Baresi because the priest would continue pursuing Angela for the Church, so he had secretly placed a Scroll of Town Portal on a Church knight's mount.
• Sun Fei used Assassin, Amazon, and Necromancer modes to disguise his identity and distract the Church, but Baresi's unexpected Moon Class strength let him survive and overpower Sun Fei.

Sun Fei explained how he used Necromancer curses and Bone Spears to kill Baresi, then returned safely to camp and cleared himself of suspicion. The expert competition’s top-seven draw left Shevchenko with a third consecutive bye as Sun Fei prepared to face Xindi.

• Sun Fei recalled switching from Assassin and Amazon modes to Necromancer mode, whose curses countered Baresi’s Light Holy Power and weakened him.
• Sun Fei used Bone Spears to wound Baresi, who fled the pit before a final spear pierced his chest and left him unconscious; Baresi’s destroyed heart ensured his death.
• Sun Fei reviewed his escape plan, left the king’s tent, and appeared before the camp in the morning sunshine.
• The seven remaining expert competitors drew their next matchups: Sun Fei faced Xindi, Elena faced Kanute, and One Sword faced the Silver-Armored Berserker.
• Shevchenko received another bye, advancing without a fight for the third consecutive round and drawing Sun Fei’s curiosity.

An investigation confirmed that Shevchenko had received three consecutive byes fairly, while Elena won her match against Kanute with ease. The chapter ended as [One Sword] opened his duel with [Silver-Armored Berserker] by drawing his rusty sword.

• The crowd questioned Shevchenko’s third consecutive bye, but Dominguez investigated and confirmed the draw was legitimate.
• Elena faced Kanute on the Number One Sword-Testing Platform and overwhelmed him with her ice arrows.
• Kanute surrendered after Elena destroyed his staff, securing Chambord City a place in the top four.
• [Silver-Armored Berserker] taunted [One Sword] and urged him to surrender before their match.
• [One Sword] answered by unleashing a streak of sword light.

One Sword tested a new sword intent against the Silver-Armored Berserker, who broke through it and revealed the Sorrows, Joys, Partings, and Reunions Sword Formation. The formation overwhelmed One Sword with memories and emotions, leaving him motionless with his eyes closed as the spectators watched in confusion.

• One Sword's rain-like sword intent drove the Silver-Armored Berserker around the platform and wounded him.
• The Silver-Armored Berserker released a flash of silver light that dispelled the sword intent, then argued that One Sword should admit defeat.
• The Silver-Armored Berserker opened an ornate case, drew three silver swords, and planted two around One Sword.
• The Silver-Armored Berserker activated the Sorrows, Joys, Partings, and Reunions Sword Formation, spreading bleak emotions across the platform.
• The formation stirred One Sword's buried memories and dulled his senses, leaving him standing motionless with his eyes closed while the spectators wondered what was happening.

The Silver-Armored Berserker trapped One Sword in the Sorrows, Joys, Partings, and Reunions Sword Formation and repeatedly wounded him, shocking the spectators and experts. One Sword eventually overwhelmed him with superior Dou Qi, broke both his arms, and turned openly murderous after the Berserker refused to submit.

• The Silver-Armored Berserker attacked One Sword with strange, swift swordsmanship while One Sword kept his eyes shut, and One Sword narrowly dodged the first strike but was wounded at the ankle.
• The Silver-Armored Berserker continued attacking through the sword formation, leaving One Sword battered as Sun Fei and the other experts realized how helpless he was.
• One Sword unleashed a surge of Dou Qi that blasted the Silver-Armored Berserker away, then demanded that he submit and offered to spare his life.
• The Silver-Armored Berserker refused and resumed his attack, forcing One Sword to close his eyes and suffering another wound.
• One Sword struck with another wave of Dou Qi, broke both of the Silver-Armored Berserker's arms, and asked whether he could still wield a sword.

The Silver-Armored Berserker continued fighting despite his broken limbs, and One Sword answered with a lethal strike. When the dust settled, One Sword was injured and the Berserker lay facedown in a pool of blood, leaving the outcome unclear.

• One Sword broke the Sorrows, Joys, Partings, and Reunions Sword Formation and badly wounded the Silver-Armored Berserker's legs.
• The Silver-Armored Berserker refused to surrender and attacked with the Nameless Sword in his mouth, sending the Sorrow and Joy Sword and the Parting and Reunion Sword flying at One Sword.
• One Sword struck again with a killing blow as the Silver-Armored Berserker charged into him, and their swords collided in a violent burst of sparks and debris.
• After the dust settled, the crowd saw that One Sword's hand was bleeding and that he looked shocked, while the Silver-Armored Berserker lay facedown more than thirty meters behind him, covered in blood.

After One Sword defeated Silver-Armored Berserker, Sun Fei admitted to saving the wounded fighter and faced One Sword’s anger. Sun Fei then met Magic Princess Xindi on the platform, where she recognized his overwhelming strength but insisted on testing him in three moves.

• The referee declared One Sword the winner, and the old king of the Bolo Empire ordered his physicians and magicians to treat Silver-Armored Berserker.
• One Sword challenged Sun Fei for interfering, but Sun Fei admitted he had saved Silver-Armored Berserker and dismissed One Sword’s threats.
• One Sword left, troubled by Sun Fei’s rise and his own loss of composure.
• Magic Princess Xindi took the platform for her match against Sun Fei as the royal court magicians raised a reinforced Water Curtain Heaven Flower barrier.
• Sun Fei sent Torres to give the Bolo king a Healing Potion, then joined Xindi on the platform.
• Xindi told Sun Fei she knew he was stronger than her, but summoned her battle staff and demanded they decide the match in three moves.

Sun Fei faced Magic Princess Xindi’s three-move challenge and survived her first forbidden spell, the Embrace of the Ice and Snow Goddess, without harm. Xindi began her second attack, Blazing Flower of Flame, as the crowd watched.

• Sun Fei revealed enough of his strength to make the spectators believe he had reached Seven-Star Class, though he suppressed his true power.
• Magic Princess Xindi gathered a powerful forbidden spell while Sun Fei prepared to meet her attack.
• Xindi cast the Embrace of the Ice and Snow Goddess, freezing Sun Fei inside a massive block of ice.
• Sun Fei shattered the ice and erased its shards with controlled force, emerging unharmed and astonishing the onlookers.
• Xindi announced her second move, Blazing Flower of Flame, and raised her war staff above her head.

Sun Fei withstood Xindi's devastating fire attack and stopped her from casting another spell that could have killed her. The Magic Princess fell unconscious in his arms, and Sun Fei won the third battle at the peak.

• Xindi unleashed a powerful fire spell that clashed with Sun Fei's glazed-colored fist for nearly ten minutes.
• Sun Fei dispersed the flames, while Xindi was left badly injured from using magic beyond her strength.
• The crowd erupted in cheers, and Shevchenko lost his composure as the VIPs recognized Sun Fei's rising power.
• Xindi began chanting a still more dangerous spell despite Sun Fei warning her to stop.
• Sun Fei appeared beside Xindi, knocked her unconscious with a controlled blow, caught her as she fell, and won the battle.

Sun Fei defeated Xindi in the tournament and returned to camp, where he learned Angela had gone to the imperial capital with the eldest princess. After receiving two reports that Church agents were investigating him, he considered the threat and destroyed the letters.

• The old king of the Bulan Kingdom thanked Sun Fei for saving Xindi, and the crowd celebrated Sun Fei as all four semifinalists were confirmed.
• Qiuxiang told Sun Fei that the eldest princess had taken Angela, Chunmei, Xiaqing, and Dongrui to the imperial capital.
• Sun Fei caught Victoria lounging on the Flying Cloud Leopard hide rug and scolded her before she fled the tent.
• Paris warned Sun Fei that Church agents had appeared in the campgrounds and were investigating him.
• A messenger emerged from a sky-blue portal with a second report confirming Paris's information, and Sun Fei destroyed both letters.

Sun Fei trained the young assassins, learned how to wake Čech, and discovered that Iaquinta would face Krasic in a Martial Saint Battle in five days. The Empire Ranking Competition semifinals were drawn, pairing Sun Fei with Elena and Shevchenko with One Sword.

• Sun Fei taught Inzaghi, Michael Owen, David Beckham, Cavani, and Raúl assassin techniques while others trained around the Chambord camp.
• An envoy from the Bolo Empire delivered an antidote and instructions from the Silver-Armored Berserker, allowing Sun Fei to determine how to awaken Čech.
• Sun Fei sent Urban Management officers to investigate troop movements and learned that Iaquinta would fight Krasic to the death atop Martial Saint Mountain in five days.
• Angela stayed in the imperial capital for a grand banquet, while Sun Fei spent the night leveling Barbarian Mode in the Diablo World and reached level 76.
• The Empire Ranking Competition semifinal draw matched Sun Fei against Elena and Shevchenko against One Sword.

Sun Fei waited for news of Angela while training his men, then discovered that Shevchenko’s semifinal against One Sword had taken an unexpected turn. After Angela returned drunk and Sun Fei cared for her, Robben reported that One Sword had lost, leaving Sun Fei stunned before his own match.

• Sun Fei stayed in camp instead of watching One Sword face Shevchenko, training Inzaghi and the Four Little Dragons while Čech taught Drogba and Pierce to command troops.
• Sun Fei sensed Shevchenko matching One Sword’s powerful aura and sent Robben to record the duel.
• Angela returned to camp drunk, and Sun Fei carried her to bed and stayed beside her as she slept.
• Angela woke before Sun Fei, brought him porridge, and reminded him that his match was approaching.
• Torres announced Robben’s return, and Robben reported that One Sword had lost to Shevchenko.

Sun Fei reviewed Shevchenko’s victory over One Sword and recognized the Little Prince of Luck as a formidable dark horse, then advanced to the final when Elena forfeited. While Shevchenko recovered from his injuries, Sun Fei completed the third act in the Diablo World and obtained a piece of Natalya’s Odium.

• Robben reported that Shevchenko had defeated One Sword, and Sun Fei used the Diwei Crystal to watch their fight.
• Sun Fei recognized Shevchenko’s perfectly consistent, relentless fighting style and concluded that One Sword had lost after fighting below his usual level.
• Elena forfeited her semifinal against Sun Fei, sending him directly to the final against Shevchenko three days later.
• Sun Fei spent two days completing the quests in Kurast Docks and killing Mephisto in the Durance of Hate with Elena.
• Sun Fei obtained Natalya’s Totem Grim Helm, a piece of the Natalya’s Odium set.